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[RFC,v3] package/util-linux: build programs and libraries in separate packages

Message ID 20190509220403.6422-1-unixmania@gmail.com
State Superseded
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Series [RFC,v3] package/util-linux: build programs and libraries in separate packages | expand

Commit Message

Carlos Santos May 9, 2019, 10:04 p.m. UTC 
From: Carlos Santos <unixmania@gmail.com>

The findmount and lsblk utilities need udev to work correctly but cannot
be built with udev support because the packages providing libudev (eudev
and systemd) depend on util-linux, creating a chicken-egg problem. Solve
it by means of the following changes:

- Split util-linux into three packages:
  - util-linux-libs, providing lib{blkid,fdisk,mount,smartcols,uuid}.
  - util-linux-programs, providing both the aforementioned libs and the
    programs.
  - util-linux, a dummy package that drives configuration and building
    of the other ones.
- Add blind selections for -libs and -programs, i.e. they are indirectly
  selected according to the util-linux options.
- Make util-linux have build dependencies on util-linux-{libs,programs}
  if they are selected.
- host-util-linux has a build depencency on either host-util-linux-libs
  or host-util-linux-programs (not on both, since they are installed on
  the same destination).
- Make eudev and systemd have build dependencies on util-linux-libs.
  This can be extended to other packages in the future but is not needed
  right now because the configuration options are backward-compatible.
- Make util-linux-programs have an optional build dependency on the
  package that provides libudev (either eudev or systemd), if it is
  selected.

util-linux-libs is installed on STAGING_DIR by default and on TARGET_DIR
if util-linux-programs is not selected. Conversely, util-linux-programs
installs on TARGET_DIR by default and on STAGING_DIR if util-linux-libs
is not selected. This prevents installing the libraries twice on the
same destination, which would confuse check-uniq-files.

With this approach we don't need to patch configuration files neither
change other packages besides eudev and systemd. Other packages that
require util-linux libraries and whose libraries can be used by
util-linux programs can be updated later. We also don't need to change
any existing defcconfig, since all configuration options are kept in
the dummy util-linux package.

The main drawback of this approach is that util-linux-rebuild, as wel as
-reinstall, -reconfigure and even -dirclean targets do not have real
effect. It's necessary to use util-linux-libs-rebuild, for instance, but
this is a reasonable price to pay for the solution.

Fixes: https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11811
Signed-off-by: Carlos Santos <unixmania@gmail.com>
---
Changes v2->v3:
- Fix typos that ruined the conditional installations on TARGET_DIR and
  STAGING_DIR, as pointed by Yann E. Morin.
Changes v1->v2:
- Prevent double installation of the libraries.
- Drop the intrusive patches and AUTORECONF
- Move the the programs to a separate package
- Convert util-linux into a dummy package that drives the other ones.
- Keep configurations and dependencies backward-compatible, except for
  eudev and systemd.
- Make BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBS a blind option
---
 package/eudev/Config.in                       |   1 +
 package/eudev/eudev.mk                        |   3 +-
 package/systemd/Config.in                     |   1 +
 package/systemd/systemd.mk                    |   4 +-
 package/util-linux/Config.in                  |  59 ++++
 .../util-linux-libs/util-linux-libs.hash      |   1 +
 .../util-linux-libs/util-linux-libs.mk        |  91 ++++++
 ...se-poweroff-if-shutdown-is-not-found.patch |   0
 ...tty-fix-output-of-escaped-characters.patch |   0
 ...rch-fix-obscure-sparc32bash-use-case.patch |   0
 ...alue-of_HAVE_STRUCT_TERMIOS_C_ISPEED.patch |   0
 .../{ => util-linux-programs}/su.pam          |   0
 .../util-linux-programs.hash                  |   1 +
 .../util-linux-programs.mk                    | 261 +++++++++++++++++
 package/util-linux/util-linux.mk              | 265 ++----------------
 15 files changed, 440 insertions(+), 247 deletions(-)
 create mode 120000 package/util-linux/util-linux-libs/util-linux-libs.hash
 create mode 100644 package/util-linux/util-linux-libs/util-linux-libs.mk
 rename package/util-linux/{ => util-linux-programs}/0001-rtcwake-use-poweroff-if-shutdown-is-not-found.patch (100%)
 rename package/util-linux/{ => util-linux-programs}/0002-agetty-fix-output-of-escaped-characters.patch (100%)
 rename package/util-linux/{ => util-linux-programs}/0003-setarch-fix-obscure-sparc32bash-use-case.patch (100%)
 rename package/util-linux/{ => util-linux-programs}/0004-ldattach-Check-for-value-of_HAVE_STRUCT_TERMIOS_C_ISPEED.patch (100%)
 rename package/util-linux/{ => util-linux-programs}/su.pam (100%)
 create mode 120000 package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/util-linux-programs.hash
 create mode 100644 package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/util-linux-programs.mk

Comments

Arnout Vandecappelle Aug. 20, 2019, 10:48 p.m. UTC | #1 
Hi Carlos,

 A colleague of mine bumped into this issue, so I decided to finally try to
apply it :-) Also, we discussed this briefly at the hackaton two weeks ago, but
we didn't fully come to a conclusion then.

 However, while looking at it, I think I came up with a better (i.e. less
invasive idea). It started when I wanted to improve the commit message...

On 10/05/2019 00:04, unixmania@gmail.com wrote:
> From: Carlos Santos <unixmania@gmail.com>
> 
> The findmount and lsblk utilities need udev to work correctly but cannot
> be built with udev support because the packages providing libudev (eudev
> and systemd) depend on util-linux, creating a chicken-egg problem. 

 This is not at all limited to udev. So I wanted to rewrite this as:

----
The different tools and libraries in util-linux have a lot of optional
dependencies. When we want to support those optional dependencies, we can easily
generate dependency cycles. For instance, findmount and lsblk need udev to work
correctly, but eudev and systemd both depend on util-linux already.

Normal distros (e.g. Debian) solve this by building twice: first a minimal
package that has no dependencies at all, then build the packages that depend on
util-linux, and finally rebuild util-linux with all bells and whistles.
----

 ... and then I thought: why can't we do the same?


 So, the idea is to keep the util-linux package as is, and only introduce a new
util-linux-minimal package (instead of util-linux-libs). Or maybe it should
still be called util-linux-libs, since it really will only provide libraries.

 BTW, in either case, we have to make sure that the libraries that are built by
util-linux-minimal/libs really have no optional dependencies. For dynamic
linking, there is no problem because the interfaces (headers and exported
symbols in .so files) don't change due to optional dependencies. But for static
linking, it does obviously make a difference... Ideally we should be able to
verify that the configuration that is used by whatever is built by
util-linux-minimal really is identical to the full build, but I don't see a way
to do such a check...


 More about this proposal below, in addition to some other minor comments.

 Since I already started applying some of my proposed changes, and since the
rebase was a little bit tricky, I'll resend a v4 which does not implement my
util-linux-minimal proposal yet. You might not want to use that but instead
start from scratch, but it's good to have it as a reference. And anyway, you
might just disagree with my proposal. The things I already changed in v4 are
indicated with "(fixed)" below.

> Solve
> it by means of the following changes:
> 
> - Split util-linux into three packages:
>   - util-linux-libs, providing lib{blkid,fdisk,mount,smartcols,uuid}.
>   - util-linux-programs, providing both the aforementioned libs and the
>     programs.
>   - util-linux, a dummy package that drives configuration and building
>     of the other ones.
> - Add blind selections for -libs and -programs, i.e. they are indirectly
>   selected according to the util-linux options.
> - Make util-linux have build dependencies on util-linux-{libs,programs}
>   if they are selected.
> - host-util-linux has a build depencency on either host-util-linux-libs

 dependency (fixed)

>   or host-util-linux-programs (not on both, since they are installed on
>   the same destination).
> - Make eudev and systemd have build dependencies on util-linux-libs.

 This and the following point could be split off in separate patches: one for
systemd, one for eudev, and one for the optional dependency on udev.

>   This can be extended to other packages in the future but is not needed
>   right now because the configuration options are backward-compatible.
> - Make util-linux-programs have an optional build dependency on the
>   package that provides libudev (either eudev or systemd), if it is
>   selected.
> 
> util-linux-libs is installed on STAGING_DIR by default and on TARGET_DIR
> if util-linux-programs is not selected. Conversely, util-linux-programs
> installs on TARGET_DIR by default and on STAGING_DIR if util-linux-libs
> is not selected. This prevents installing the libraries twice on the
> same destination, which would confuse check-uniq-files.
> 
> With this approach we don't need to patch configuration files neither
> change other packages besides eudev and systemd. Other packages that
> require util-linux libraries and whose libraries can be used by
> util-linux programs can be updated later. We also don't need to change
> any existing defcconfig, since all configuration options are kept in
> the dummy util-linux package.
> 
> The main drawback of this approach is that util-linux-rebuild, as wel as
> -reinstall, -reconfigure and even -dirclean targets do not have real
> effect. It's necessary to use util-linux-libs-rebuild, for instance, but
> this is a reasonable price to pay for the solution.

 My proposal would avoid this issue too.

> 
> Fixes: https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11811

 The Fixes would only apply to the patch that really adds the optional
dependency on udev.

> Signed-off-by: Carlos Santos <unixmania@gmail.com>

 You forgot an empty line above the Sob (fixed).


> ---
> Changes v2->v3:
> - Fix typos that ruined the conditional installations on TARGET_DIR and
>   STAGING_DIR, as pointed by Yann E. Morin.
> Changes v1->v2:
> - Prevent double installation of the libraries.
> - Drop the intrusive patches and AUTORECONF
> - Move the the programs to a separate package
> - Convert util-linux into a dummy package that drives the other ones.
> - Keep configurations and dependencies backward-compatible, except for
>   eudev and systemd.
> - Make BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBS a blind option
[snip]
> diff --git a/package/util-linux/util-linux-libs/util-linux-libs.mk b/package/util-linux/util-linux-libs/util-linux-libs.mk
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..48d3373bb4
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/package/util-linux/util-linux-libs/util-linux-libs.mk
> @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
> +################################################################################
> +#
> +# util-linux-libs
> +#
> +################################################################################
> +
> +UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_VERSION = $(UTIL_LINUX_VERSION)
> +UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_SOURCE = $(UTIL_LINUX_SOURCE)
> +UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_SITE = $(UTIL_LINUX_SITE)
> +UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_DL_SUBDIR = $(UTIL_LINUX_DL_SUBDIR)
> +
> +# README.licensing claims that some files are GPL-2.0 only, but this is not true.
> +# Some files are GPL-3.0+ but only in tests. rfkill uses an ISC-style license.
> +UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+ (libblkid, libfdisk, libmount, libsmartcols), BSD-3-Clause (libuuid)
> +UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_LICENSE_FILES = README.licensing \
> +	Documentation/licenses/COPYING.BSD-3-Clause \
> +	Documentation/licenses/COPYING.LGPL-2.1-or-later

 You could define a UTIL_LINUX_COMMON_LICENSE{,_FILES} in util-linux.mk and
reuse that here.

> +UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
> +# Prevent installing the libraries twice on TARGET_DIR
> +UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_INSTALL_TARGET = $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS),NO,YES)

 With my proposal, this could just become NO, because the full util-linux would
always be built as well.

> +UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)

 Do we really need host-pkgconf? We shouldnt, since there are no dependencies...

> +UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_CONF_OPTS += \
> +	--disable-rpath \
> +	--disable-makeinstall-chown
> +UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_LINK_LIBS = $(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)
> +
> +# systemd depends on util-linux so we enable systemd support

 enable -> disable?

> +# (which needs systemd to be installed)
> +UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_CONF_OPTS += \
> +	--without-systemd \
> +	--with-systemdsystemunitdir=no

 We should also do an explicit --disable/--without for all options that are not
covered below, so at least --without-python --without-ncurses.

> +
> +HOST_UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
> +HOST_UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_CONF_OPTS = --disable-makeinstall-chown

 Actually, I don't think we ever need host-util-linux-libs. At least for the
time being, there is no recursive dependency issue for host-util-linux because
we disable most optional dependencies. It can still be added if really required.

> +
> +# We also don't want the host-python dependency
> +HOST_UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_CONF_OPTS += --without-python
> +
> +# Prevent the installation from attempting to move shared libraries from
> +# ${usrlib_execdir} (/usr/lib) to ${libdir} (/lib), since both paths are
> +# the same when merged usr is in use.
> +ifeq ($(BR2_ROOTFS_MERGED_USR),y)
> +UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_CONF_OPTS += --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --libdir=/usr/lib
> +endif
> +
> +# Unfortunately, the util-linux does LIBS="" at the end of its
> +# configure script. So we have to pass the proper LIBS value when
> +# calling the configure script to make configure tests pass properly,
> +# and then pass it again at build time.
> +UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_CONF_ENV += LIBS="$(UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_LINK_LIBS)"
> +UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_MAKE_OPTS += LIBS="$(UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_LINK_LIBS)"
> +
> +# libmount optionally uses selinux
> +ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBMOUNT)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSELINUX),yy)
> +UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_DEPENDENCIES += libselinux

 Darn! The circular dependency that my colleague hit is one that involves
python, and python is an optional dependency of libselinux, so that is not going
to be avoided by this patch...

 So, on second thought, maybe we should simply not support util-linux-libs in
static-only scenarios. That allows us to just disable all optional dependencies
while building util-linux-libs and still be safe. And since both eudev and
systemd already depend on !static, the immediate use case is still covered.


> +UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_CONF_OPTS += --with-selinux
> +else
> +UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_CONF_OPTS += --without-selinux
> +endif
> +
> +# Disable utilities
> +UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_CONF_OPTS += \
> +	--disable-all-programs \
> +	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBBLKID),--enable-libblkid,--disable-libblkid) \
> +	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBFDISK),--enable-libfdisk,--disable-libfdisk) \
> +	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBMOUNT),--enable-libmount,--disable-libmount) \
> +	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBSMARTCOLS),--enable-libsmartcols,--disable-libsmartcols) \
> +	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID),--enable-libuuid,--disable-libuuid)

 I think it's better to really keep it minimal, i.e. only build the ones that
are really required by the packages that depend on it. So only libblkid and
libmount. That makes it a little bit easier to manually check that those really
have no optional dependency on anything that is not covered here.

> +
> +# In the host version of util-linux-libs, we only require libuuid and libmount
> +# (plus libblkid as an indirect dependency of libmount). So disable libfdisk
> +# and libsmartcols, unless BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UTIL_LINUX is set.
> +HOST_UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_CONF_OPTS += \
> +	--enable-libblkid \
> +	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UTIL_LINUX),--enable-libfdisk,--disable-libfdisk) \
> +	--enable-libmount \
> +	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UTIL_LINUX),--enable-libsmartcols,--disable-libsmartcols) \
> +	--enable-libuuid \
> +	--without-ncurses \
> +	--without-ncursesw \
> +	--without-tinfo
> +
> +# Install libmount Python bindings
> +ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBMOUNT)$(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON)$(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3),yy)
> +UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_CONF_OPTS += --with-python --enable-pylibmount
> +UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_DEPENDENCIES += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON),python,python3)
> +UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_CONF_OPTS += --without-python --disable-pylibmount
> +endif
> +
> +$(eval $(autotools-package))
> +$(eval $(host-autotools-package))
> diff --git a/package/util-linux/0001-rtcwake-use-poweroff-if-shutdown-is-not-found.patch b/package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/0001-rtcwake-use-poweroff-if-shutdown-is-not-found.patch
> similarity index 100%
> rename from package/util-linux/0001-rtcwake-use-poweroff-if-shutdown-is-not-found.patch
> rename to package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/0001-rtcwake-use-poweroff-if-shutdown-is-not-found.patch
> diff --git a/package/util-linux/0002-agetty-fix-output-of-escaped-characters.patch b/package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/0002-agetty-fix-output-of-escaped-characters.patch
> similarity index 100%
> rename from package/util-linux/0002-agetty-fix-output-of-escaped-characters.patch
> rename to package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/0002-agetty-fix-output-of-escaped-characters.patch
> diff --git a/package/util-linux/0003-setarch-fix-obscure-sparc32bash-use-case.patch b/package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/0003-setarch-fix-obscure-sparc32bash-use-case.patch
> similarity index 100%
> rename from package/util-linux/0003-setarch-fix-obscure-sparc32bash-use-case.patch
> rename to package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/0003-setarch-fix-obscure-sparc32bash-use-case.patch
> diff --git a/package/util-linux/0004-ldattach-Check-for-value-of_HAVE_STRUCT_TERMIOS_C_ISPEED.patch b/package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/0004-ldattach-Check-for-value-of_HAVE_STRUCT_TERMIOS_C_ISPEED.patch
> similarity index 100%
> rename from package/util-linux/0004-ldattach-Check-for-value-of_HAVE_STRUCT_TERMIOS_C_ISPEED.patch
> rename to package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/0004-ldattach-Check-for-value-of_HAVE_STRUCT_TERMIOS_C_ISPEED.patch
> diff --git a/package/util-linux/su.pam b/package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/su.pam
> similarity index 100%
> rename from package/util-linux/su.pam
> rename to package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/su.pam
> diff --git a/package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/util-linux-programs.hash b/package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/util-linux-programs.hash
> new file mode 120000
> index 0000000000..dc1b2f866a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/util-linux-programs.hash
> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> +../util-linux.hash
> \ No newline at end of file
> diff --git a/package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/util-linux-programs.mk b/package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/util-linux-programs.mk
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..a8a88d9c34
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/util-linux-programs.mk
> @@ -0,0 +1,261 @@
> +################################################################################
> +#
> +# util-linux-programs
> +#
> +################################################################################
> +
> +UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_VERSION = $(UTIL_LINUX_VERSION)
> +UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_SOURCE = $(UTIL_LINUX_SOURCE)
> +UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_SITE = $(UTIL_LINUX_SITE)
> +UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_DL_SUBDIR = $(UTIL_LINUX_DL_SUBDIR)
> +
> +# README.licensing claims that some files are GPL-2.0 only, but this is not true.
> +# Some files are GPL-3.0+ but only in tests. rfkill uses an ISC-style license.
> +UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+, BSD-4-Clause, LGPL-2.1+ (libblkid, libfdisk, libmount, libsmartcols), BSD-3-Clause (libuuid) ISC (rfkill)
> +UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_LICENSE_FILES = README.licensing \
> +	Documentation/licenses/COPYING.BSD-3-Clause \
> +	Documentation/licenses/COPYING.BSD-4-Clause-UC \
> +	Documentation/licenses/COPYING.GPL-2.0-or-later \
> +	Documentation/licenses/COPYING.ISC \
> +	Documentation/licenses/COPYING.LGPL-2.1-or-later
> +# Prevent installing the libraries twice on STAGING_DIR

 There is no need to prevent such a thing.

 However, there should instead be an "optional" dependency on util-linux-libs to
make sure they are overwritten. So:

UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_DEPENDENCIES += \
	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBS),util-linux-libs)

 The same goes for my -minimal proposal but then with UTIL_LINUX_DEPENDENCIES.

> +UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_INSTALL_STAGING = $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBS),NO,YES)
> +UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
> +UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += \
> +	--disable-rpath \
> +	--disable-makeinstall-chown
> +UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_LINK_LIBS = $(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)
> +
> +# udev support, provided by either eudev or systemd

 As mentioned, this should go into a separate patch (i.e. patch 4/4).


[snip]

> +UTIL_LINUX_EXTRACT_CMDS =
> +HOST_UTIL_LINUX_EXTRACT_CMDS =
> +
> +# util-linux-libs installs on STAGING_DIR only, for build time,
> +# util-linux-programs installs on TARGET_DIR only, for run time.
> +# We may need both.
> +UTIL_LINUX_DEPENDENCIES = \
> +	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBS),util-linux-libs,) \
> +	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS),util-linux-programs,)
> +
> +# In the host version we need either host-util-linux-programs or
> +# host-util-linux-libs, only.
> +HOST_UTIL_LINUX_DEPENDENCIES = \
> +	host-util-linux-$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UTIL_LINUX),programs,libs)
> +
> +$(eval $(generic-package))
> +$(eval $(host-generic-package))
> +
> +include $(UTIL_LINUX_PKGDIR)util-linux-libs/util-linux-libs.mk
> +include $(UTIL_LINUX_PKGDIR)util-linux-programs/util-linux-programs.mk

 Using $(UTIL_LINUX_PKGDIR) makes sense for an external package, but it makes it
harder to read for an internal package. So just use package/util-linux/...


 Regards,
 Arnout
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Patch

diff --git a/package/eudev/Config.in b/package/eudev/Config.in
index 2220265a55..2df94fb68c 100644
--- a/package/eudev/Config.in
+++ b/package/eudev/Config.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@  config BR2_PACKAGE_EUDEV
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # kmod
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBBLKID
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_KMOD
 	help
diff --git a/package/eudev/eudev.mk b/package/eudev/eudev.mk
index d88e010c28..5590049fcc 100644
--- a/package/eudev/eudev.mk
+++ b/package/eudev/eudev.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@  EUDEV_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--enable-kmod \
 	--enable-blkid
 
-EUDEV_DEPENDENCIES = host-gperf host-pkgconf util-linux kmod
+# eudev requires only the util-linux libraries at build time
+EUDEV_DEPENDENCIES = host-gperf host-pkgconf util-linux-libs kmod
 EUDEV_PROVIDES = udev
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_ROOTFS_MERGED_USR),)
diff --git a/package/systemd/Config.in b/package/systemd/Config.in
index 92ffc7cc5a..3aa5ced46c 100644
--- a/package/systemd/Config.in
+++ b/package/systemd/Config.in
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@  menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS # runtime dependency only
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBBLKID
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBMOUNT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_BINARIES
diff --git a/package/systemd/systemd.mk b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
index edc4a9ecc1..292a97fb40 100644
--- a/package/systemd/systemd.mk
+++ b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
@@ -9,13 +9,15 @@  SYSTEMD_SITE = $(call github,systemd,systemd,v$(SYSTEMD_VERSION))
 SYSTEMD_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+, GPL-2.0+ (udev), Public Domain (few source files, see README)
 SYSTEMD_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.GPL2 LICENSE.LGPL2.1 README
 SYSTEMD_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+
+# systemd requires only the util-linux libraries at build time
 SYSTEMD_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BASH_COMPLETION),bash-completion) \
 	host-gperf \
 	host-intltool \
 	kmod \
 	libcap \
-	util-linux
+	util-linux-libs
 
 SYSTEMD_PROVIDES = udev
 
diff --git a/package/util-linux/Config.in b/package/util-linux/Config.in
index a5a137bfe0..6fa873ac40 100644
--- a/package/util-linux/Config.in
+++ b/package/util-linux/Config.in
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@  menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
 
 if BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBS
+	bool
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBBLKID
 	bool "libblkid"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
@@ -42,6 +45,9 @@  config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
 	help
 	  Install libuuid.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
+	bool
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_BINARIES
 	bool "basic set"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
@@ -50,6 +56,7 @@  config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_BINARIES
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBFDISK
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBSMARTCOLS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Install the basic set of util-linux binaries.
 
@@ -68,16 +75,19 @@  config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_BINARIES
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_AGETTY
 	bool "agetty"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Alternative linux getty
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_BFS
 	bool "bfs"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  SCO bfs filesystem support
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_CAL
 	bool "cal"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Display a calendar, or some part of it
 
@@ -88,6 +98,7 @@  config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_CHFN_CHSH
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL # linux-pam
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # linux-pam
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_PAM
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Change login shell, real user name and information
 
@@ -97,11 +108,13 @@  comment "chfn/chsh needs a uClibc or glibc toolchain w/ wchar, locale, dynamic l
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_CHMEM
 	bool "chmem"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Sets a particular size or range of memory online or offline
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_CRAMFS
 	bool "cramfs utilities"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	help
 	  Utilities for compressed ROM file system (fsck.cramfs,
@@ -113,16 +126,19 @@  config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_EJECT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBBLKID
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBMOUNT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Eject removable media
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_FALLOCATE
 	bool "fallocate"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Preallocate space to a file
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_FDFORMAT
 	bool "fdformat"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Low-level format a floppy disk
 
@@ -132,41 +148,49 @@  config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_FSCK
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBBLKID
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBMOUNT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Check and repair a linux filesystem
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_HWCLOCK
 	bool "hwclock"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Query or set the hardware clock (RTC)
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_IPCRM
 	bool "ipcrm"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Remove certain IPC resources
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_IPCS
 	bool "ipcs"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Show information on IPC facilities
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_KILL
 	bool "kill"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Send a signal to a process
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LAST
 	bool "last"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Show a listing of last logged in users
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LINE
 	bool "line"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Read one line
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LOGGER
 	bool "logger"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Enter messages into the system log
 
@@ -178,6 +202,7 @@  config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LOGIN
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL # linux-pam
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork(), linux-pam
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_PAM
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Begin a session on the system
 
@@ -189,6 +214,7 @@  config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LOSETUP
 	bool "losetup"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libsmartcols
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBSMARTCOLS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Set up and control loop devices
 
@@ -196,6 +222,7 @@  config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LSLOGINS
 	bool "lslogins"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libsmartcols
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBSMARTCOLS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Display information about known users in the system
 
@@ -203,16 +230,19 @@  config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LSMEM
 	bool "lsmem"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libsmartcols
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBSMARTCOLS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  List the ranges of available memory with their online status
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_MESG
 	bool "mesg"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Control write access to your terminal
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_MINIX
 	bool "minix"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Minix filesystem support
 
@@ -220,6 +250,7 @@  config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_MORE
 	bool "more"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  File perusal filter for crt viewing
 
@@ -229,6 +260,7 @@  config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_MOUNT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBBLKID
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBMOUNT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Mount/unmount filesystems
 
@@ -238,16 +270,19 @@  config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_MOUNTPOINT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBBLKID
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBMOUNT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  See if a directory is a mountpoint
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_NEWGRP
 	bool "newgrp"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Log in to a new group
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_NOLOGIN
 	bool "nologin"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Politely refuse a login
 
@@ -255,6 +290,7 @@  config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_NSENTER
 	bool "nsenter"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_0
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Enter the namespaces of another process
 
@@ -265,6 +301,7 @@  config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PG
 	bool "pg"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Browse pagewise through text files
 
@@ -274,21 +311,25 @@  config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PARTX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBBLKID
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBSMARTCOLS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Partition utilities (addpart, delpart, partx)
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PIVOT_ROOT
 	bool "pivot_root"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Change the root filesystem
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_RAW
 	bool "raw"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Build a linux raw character device
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_RENAME
 	bool "rename"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Rename files
 
@@ -296,6 +337,7 @@  config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_RFKILL
 	bool "rfkill"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libsmartcols
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBSMARTCOLS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices. This new
 	  implementation is based upon, and backward compatible with,
@@ -308,6 +350,7 @@  config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_RUNUSER
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL # linux-pam
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork(), linux-pam
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_PAM
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Run a command with substitute user and group ID (does not need
 	  to ask for a password, because it may be executed by the root
@@ -319,18 +362,21 @@  comment "runuser needs a uClibc or glibc toolchain w/ wchar, locale, dynamic lib
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_SCHEDUTILS
 	bool "scheduling utilities"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Scheduling utilities (chrt, ionice, taskset)
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_SETPRIV
 	bool "setpriv"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAP_NG
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Run a program with different Linux privilege settings
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_SETTERM
 	bool "setterm"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Set terminal attributes
 
@@ -341,6 +387,7 @@  config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_SU
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL # linux-pam
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork(), linux-pam
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_PAM
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Run a command with substitute user and group ID
 
@@ -351,35 +398,41 @@  comment "su needs a uClibc or glibc toolchain w/ wchar, locale, dynamic library"
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_SULOGIN
 	bool "sulogin"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Single-user login
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_SWITCH_ROOT
 	bool "switch_root"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Switch to another filesystem as the root of the mount tree
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_TUNELP
 	bool "tunelp"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Set various parameters for the lp device
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_UL
 	bool "ul"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Do underlining
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_UNSHARE
 	bool "unshare"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Run program with some namespaces unshared from parent
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_UTMPDUMP
 	bool "utmpdump"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Dump UTMP and WTMP files in raw format
 
@@ -387,18 +440,21 @@  config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_UUIDD
 	bool "uuidd"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  UUID generation daemon
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_VIPW
 	bool "vipw"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Edit the password, group, shadow-password or shadow-group file
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_WALL
 	bool "wall"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Send a message to everybody's terminal
 
@@ -406,11 +462,13 @@  config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_WDCTL
 	bool "wdctl"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libsmartcols
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBSMARTCOLS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Shows hardware watchdog status
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_WRITE
 	bool "write"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Send a message to another user
 
@@ -418,6 +476,7 @@  config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_ZRAMCTL
 	bool "zramctl"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libsmartcols
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBSMARTCOLS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS
 	help
 	  Set up and control zram devices
 
diff --git a/package/util-linux/util-linux-libs/util-linux-libs.hash b/package/util-linux/util-linux-libs/util-linux-libs.hash
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..dc1b2f866a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/util-linux/util-linux-libs/util-linux-libs.hash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@ 
+../util-linux.hash
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package/util-linux/util-linux-libs/util-linux-libs.mk b/package/util-linux/util-linux-libs/util-linux-libs.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48d3373bb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/util-linux/util-linux-libs/util-linux-libs.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ 
+################################################################################
+#
+# util-linux-libs
+#
+################################################################################
+
+UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_VERSION = $(UTIL_LINUX_VERSION)
+UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_SOURCE = $(UTIL_LINUX_SOURCE)
+UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_SITE = $(UTIL_LINUX_SITE)
+UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_DL_SUBDIR = $(UTIL_LINUX_DL_SUBDIR)
+
+# README.licensing claims that some files are GPL-2.0 only, but this is not true.
+# Some files are GPL-3.0+ but only in tests. rfkill uses an ISC-style license.
+UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+ (libblkid, libfdisk, libmount, libsmartcols), BSD-3-Clause (libuuid)
+UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_LICENSE_FILES = README.licensing \
+	Documentation/licenses/COPYING.BSD-3-Clause \
+	Documentation/licenses/COPYING.LGPL-2.1-or-later
+UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+# Prevent installing the libraries twice on TARGET_DIR
+UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_INSTALL_TARGET = $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS),NO,YES)
+UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
+UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_CONF_OPTS += \
+	--disable-rpath \
+	--disable-makeinstall-chown
+UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_LINK_LIBS = $(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)
+
+# systemd depends on util-linux so we enable systemd support
+# (which needs systemd to be installed)
+UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_CONF_OPTS += \
+	--without-systemd \
+	--with-systemdsystemunitdir=no
+
+HOST_UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
+HOST_UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_CONF_OPTS = --disable-makeinstall-chown
+
+# We also don't want the host-python dependency
+HOST_UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_CONF_OPTS += --without-python
+
+# Prevent the installation from attempting to move shared libraries from
+# ${usrlib_execdir} (/usr/lib) to ${libdir} (/lib), since both paths are
+# the same when merged usr is in use.
+ifeq ($(BR2_ROOTFS_MERGED_USR),y)
+UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_CONF_OPTS += --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --libdir=/usr/lib
+endif
+
+# Unfortunately, the util-linux does LIBS="" at the end of its
+# configure script. So we have to pass the proper LIBS value when
+# calling the configure script to make configure tests pass properly,
+# and then pass it again at build time.
+UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_CONF_ENV += LIBS="$(UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_LINK_LIBS)"
+UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_MAKE_OPTS += LIBS="$(UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_LINK_LIBS)"
+
+# libmount optionally uses selinux
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBMOUNT)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSELINUX),yy)
+UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_DEPENDENCIES += libselinux
+UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_CONF_OPTS += --with-selinux
+else
+UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_CONF_OPTS += --without-selinux
+endif
+
+# Disable utilities
+UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_CONF_OPTS += \
+	--disable-all-programs \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBBLKID),--enable-libblkid,--disable-libblkid) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBFDISK),--enable-libfdisk,--disable-libfdisk) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBMOUNT),--enable-libmount,--disable-libmount) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBSMARTCOLS),--enable-libsmartcols,--disable-libsmartcols) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID),--enable-libuuid,--disable-libuuid)
+
+# In the host version of util-linux-libs, we only require libuuid and libmount
+# (plus libblkid as an indirect dependency of libmount). So disable libfdisk
+# and libsmartcols, unless BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UTIL_LINUX is set.
+HOST_UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_CONF_OPTS += \
+	--enable-libblkid \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UTIL_LINUX),--enable-libfdisk,--disable-libfdisk) \
+	--enable-libmount \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UTIL_LINUX),--enable-libsmartcols,--disable-libsmartcols) \
+	--enable-libuuid \
+	--without-ncurses \
+	--without-ncursesw \
+	--without-tinfo
+
+# Install libmount Python bindings
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBMOUNT)$(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON)$(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3),yy)
+UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_CONF_OPTS += --with-python --enable-pylibmount
+UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_DEPENDENCIES += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON),python,python3)
+UTIL_LINUX_LIBS_CONF_OPTS += --without-python --disable-pylibmount
+endif
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))
+$(eval $(host-autotools-package))
diff --git a/package/util-linux/0001-rtcwake-use-poweroff-if-shutdown-is-not-found.patch b/package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/0001-rtcwake-use-poweroff-if-shutdown-is-not-found.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/util-linux/0001-rtcwake-use-poweroff-if-shutdown-is-not-found.patch
rename to package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/0001-rtcwake-use-poweroff-if-shutdown-is-not-found.patch
diff --git a/package/util-linux/0002-agetty-fix-output-of-escaped-characters.patch b/package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/0002-agetty-fix-output-of-escaped-characters.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/util-linux/0002-agetty-fix-output-of-escaped-characters.patch
rename to package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/0002-agetty-fix-output-of-escaped-characters.patch
diff --git a/package/util-linux/0003-setarch-fix-obscure-sparc32bash-use-case.patch b/package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/0003-setarch-fix-obscure-sparc32bash-use-case.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/util-linux/0003-setarch-fix-obscure-sparc32bash-use-case.patch
rename to package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/0003-setarch-fix-obscure-sparc32bash-use-case.patch
diff --git a/package/util-linux/0004-ldattach-Check-for-value-of_HAVE_STRUCT_TERMIOS_C_ISPEED.patch b/package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/0004-ldattach-Check-for-value-of_HAVE_STRUCT_TERMIOS_C_ISPEED.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/util-linux/0004-ldattach-Check-for-value-of_HAVE_STRUCT_TERMIOS_C_ISPEED.patch
rename to package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/0004-ldattach-Check-for-value-of_HAVE_STRUCT_TERMIOS_C_ISPEED.patch
diff --git a/package/util-linux/su.pam b/package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/su.pam
similarity index 100%
rename from package/util-linux/su.pam
rename to package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/su.pam
diff --git a/package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/util-linux-programs.hash b/package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/util-linux-programs.hash
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..dc1b2f866a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/util-linux-programs.hash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@ 
+../util-linux.hash
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/util-linux-programs.mk b/package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/util-linux-programs.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8a88d9c34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/util-linux/util-linux-programs/util-linux-programs.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,261 @@ 
+################################################################################
+#
+# util-linux-programs
+#
+################################################################################
+
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_VERSION = $(UTIL_LINUX_VERSION)
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_SOURCE = $(UTIL_LINUX_SOURCE)
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_SITE = $(UTIL_LINUX_SITE)
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_DL_SUBDIR = $(UTIL_LINUX_DL_SUBDIR)
+
+# README.licensing claims that some files are GPL-2.0 only, but this is not true.
+# Some files are GPL-3.0+ but only in tests. rfkill uses an ISC-style license.
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+, BSD-4-Clause, LGPL-2.1+ (libblkid, libfdisk, libmount, libsmartcols), BSD-3-Clause (libuuid) ISC (rfkill)
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_LICENSE_FILES = README.licensing \
+	Documentation/licenses/COPYING.BSD-3-Clause \
+	Documentation/licenses/COPYING.BSD-4-Clause-UC \
+	Documentation/licenses/COPYING.GPL-2.0-or-later \
+	Documentation/licenses/COPYING.ISC \
+	Documentation/licenses/COPYING.LGPL-2.1-or-later
+# Prevent installing the libraries twice on STAGING_DIR
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_INSTALL_STAGING = $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBS),NO,YES)
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += \
+	--disable-rpath \
+	--disable-makeinstall-chown
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_LINK_LIBS = $(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)
+
+# udev support, provided by either eudev or systemd
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_EUDEV),y)
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_DEPENDENCIES += eudev
+endif
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD),y)
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += --with-systemd --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/usr/lib/systemd/system
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_DEPENDENCIES += systemd
+else
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += --without-systemd --with-systemdsystemunitdir=no
+endif
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV),y)
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += --with-udev
+else
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += --without-udev
+endif
+
+HOST_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
+
+# We also don't want the host-python dependency
+HOST_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS = --without-python
+
+# Prevent the installation from attempting to move shared libraries from
+# ${usrlib_execdir} (/usr/lib) to ${libdir} (/lib), since both paths are
+# the same when merged usr is in use.
+ifeq ($(BR2_ROOTFS_MERGED_USR),y)
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --libdir=/usr/lib
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES),y)
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_DEPENDENCIES += ncurses
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES_WCHAR),y)
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += --with-ncursesw
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_ENV += NCURSESW6_CONFIG=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/$(NCURSES_CONFIG_SCRIPTS)
+else
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += --without-ncursesw --with-ncurses --disable-widechar
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_ENV += NCURSES6_CONFIG=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/$(NCURSES_CONFIG_SCRIPTS)
+endif
+else
+ifeq ($(BR2_USE_WCHAR),y)
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += --enable-widechar
+else
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-widechar
+endif
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += --without-ncursesw --without-ncurses
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAP_NG),y)
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_DEPENDENCIES += libcap-ng
+endif
+
+# Unfortunately, the util-linux does LIBS="" at the end of its
+# configure script. So we have to pass the proper LIBS value when
+# calling the configure script to make configure tests pass properly,
+# and then pass it again at build time.
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_ENV += LIBS="$(UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_LINK_LIBS)"
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_MAKE_OPTS += LIBS="$(UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_LINK_LIBS)"
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSELINUX),y)
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_DEPENDENCIES += libselinux
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += --with-selinux
+define UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_SELINUX_PAMFILES_TWEAK
+	$(foreach f,su su-l,
+		$(SED) 's/^# \(.*pam_selinux.so.*\)$$/\1/' \
+			$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/pam.d/$(f)
+	)
+endef
+else
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += --without-selinux
+endif
+
+# Used by cramfs utils
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_DEPENDENCIES += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB),zlib)
+
+# Used by login-utils
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_DEPENDENCIES += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_PAM),linux-pam)
+
+# Disable/Enable utilities
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_BINARIES),--enable-all-programs,--disable-all-programs) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_AGETTY),--enable-agetty,--disable-agetty) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_BFS),--enable-bfs,--disable-bfs) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_CAL),--enable-cal,--disable-cal) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_CHFN_CHSH),--enable-chfn-chsh,--disable-chfn-chsh) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_CHMEM),--enable-chmem,--disable-chmem) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_CRAMFS),--enable-cramfs,--disable-cramfs) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_EJECT),--enable-eject,--disable-eject) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_FALLOCATE),--enable-fallocate,--disable-fallocate) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_FDFORMAT),--enable-fdformat,--disable-fdformat) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_FSCK),--enable-fsck,--disable-fsck) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_HWCLOCK),--enable-hwclock,--disable-hwclock) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_IPCRM),--enable-ipcrm,--disable-ipcrm) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_IPCS),--enable-ipcs,--disable-ipcs) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_KILL),--enable-kill,--disable-kill) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LAST),--enable-last,--disable-last) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBBLKID),--enable-libblkid,--disable-libblkid) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBFDISK),--enable-libfdisk,--disable-libfdisk) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBMOUNT),--enable-libmount,--disable-libmount) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBSMARTCOLS),--enable-libsmartcols,--disable-libsmartcols) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID),--enable-libuuid,--disable-libuuid) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LINE),--enable-line,--disable-line) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LOGGER),--enable-logger,--disable-logger) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LOGIN),--enable-login,--disable-login) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LOSETUP),--enable-losetup,--disable-losetup) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LSLOGINS),--enable-lslogins,--disable-lslogins) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LSMEM),--enable-lsmem,--disable-lsmem) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_MESG),--enable-mesg,--disable-mesg) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_MINIX),--enable-minix,--disable-minix) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_MORE),--enable-more,--disable-more) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_MOUNT),--enable-mount,--disable-mount) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_MOUNTPOINT),--enable-mountpoint,--disable-mountpoint) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_NEWGRP),--enable-newgrp,--disable-newgrp) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_NOLOGIN),--enable-nologin,--disable-nologin) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_NSENTER),--enable-nsenter,--disable-nsenter) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PARTX),--enable-partx,--disable-partx) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PG),--enable-pg,--disable-pg) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PIVOT_ROOT),--enable-pivot_root,--disable-pivot_root) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_RAW),--enable-raw,--disable-raw) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_RENAME),--enable-rename,--disable-rename) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_RFKILL),--enable-rfkill,--disable-rfkill) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_RUNUSER),--enable-runuser,--disable-runuser) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_SCHEDUTILS),--enable-schedutils,--disable-schedutils) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_SETPRIV),--enable-setpriv,--disable-setpriv) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_SETTERM),--enable-setterm,--disable-setterm) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_SU),--enable-su,--disable-su) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_SULOGIN),--enable-sulogin,--disable-sulogin) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_SWITCH_ROOT),--enable-switch_root,--disable-switch_root) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_TUNELP),--enable-tunelp,--disable-tunelp) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_UL),--enable-ul,--disable-ul) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_UNSHARE),--enable-unshare,--disable-unshare) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_UTMPDUMP),--enable-utmpdump,--disable-utmpdump) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_UUIDD),--enable-uuidd,--disable-uuidd) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_VIPW),--enable-vipw,--disable-vipw) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_WALL),--enable-wall,--disable-wall) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_WDCTL),--enable-wdctl,--disable-wdctl) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_WRITE),--enable-write,--disable-write) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_ZRAMCTL),--enable-zramctl,--disable-zramctl)
+
+# In the host version of util-linux, we only require libuuid and
+# libmount (plus libblkid as an indirect dependency of libmount).
+# So disable all of the programs, unless BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UTIL_LINUX is set
+
+HOST_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += \
+	--enable-libblkid \
+	--enable-libmount \
+	--enable-libuuid \
+	--without-ncurses \
+	--without-ncursesw \
+	--without-tinfo
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UTIL_LINUX),y)
+HOST_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-makeinstall-chown
+# disable commands that have ncurses dependency, as well as
+# other ones that are useless on the host
+HOST_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += \
+	--disable-agetty \
+	--disable-chfn-chsh \
+	--disable-chmem \
+	--disable-login \
+	--disable-lslogins \
+	--disable-mesg \
+	--disable-more \
+	--disable-newgrp \
+	--disable-nologin \
+	--disable-nsenter \
+	--disable-pg \
+	--disable-rfkill \
+	--disable-schedutils \
+	--disable-setpriv \
+	--disable-setterm \
+	--disable-su \
+	--disable-sulogin \
+	--disable-tunelp \
+	--disable-ul \
+	--disable-unshare \
+	--disable-uuidd \
+	--disable-vipw \
+	--disable-wall \
+	--disable-wdctl \
+	--disable-write \
+	--disable-zramctl
+# Used by cramfs utils
+HOST_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_PROGRAMS_DEPENDENCIES += host-zlib
+else
+HOST_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-all-programs
+endif
+
+# Install libmount Python bindings
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBMOUNT)$(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON)$(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3),yy)
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += --with-python --enable-pylibmount
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_DEPENDENCIES += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON),python,python3)
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += --without-python --disable-pylibmount
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE),y)
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += --with-readline
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_LINK_LIBS += $(if $(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),-lcurses)
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_DEPENDENCIES += readline
+else
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += --without-readline
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_AUDIT),y)
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += --with-audit
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_DEPENDENCIES += audit
+else
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_CONF_OPTS += --without-audit
+endif
+
+# Install PAM configuration files
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_SU)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_PAM),yy)
+define UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_INSTALL_PAMFILES
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_PKGDIR)su.pam \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/pam.d/su
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 $(UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_PKGDIR)su.pam \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/pam.d/su-l
+	$(UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_SELINUX_PAMFILES_TWEAK)
+endef
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_INSTALL_PAMFILES
+endif
+
+# Install agetty->getty symlink to avoid breakage when there's no busybox
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_AGETTY),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),)
+define UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_GETTY_SYMLINK
+	ln -sf agetty $(TARGET_DIR)/sbin/getty
+endef
+endif
+endif
+
+UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS_GETTY_SYMLINK
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))
+$(eval $(host-autotools-package))
diff --git a/package/util-linux/util-linux.mk b/package/util-linux/util-linux.mk
index c176d364ce..531e136a5a 100644
--- a/package/util-linux/util-linux.mk
+++ b/package/util-linux/util-linux.mk
@@ -9,248 +9,23 @@  UTIL_LINUX_VERSION = $(UTIL_LINUX_VERSION_MAJOR)
 UTIL_LINUX_SOURCE = util-linux-$(UTIL_LINUX_VERSION).tar.xz
 UTIL_LINUX_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/utils/util-linux/v$(UTIL_LINUX_VERSION_MAJOR)
 
-# README.licensing claims that some files are GPL-2.0 only, but this is not true.
-# Some files are GPL-3.0+ but only in tests. rfkill uses an ISC-style license.
-UTIL_LINUX_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+, BSD-4-Clause, LGPL-2.1+ (libblkid, libfdisk, libmount), BSD-3-Clause (libuuid) ISC (rfkill)
-UTIL_LINUX_LICENSE_FILES = README.licensing \
-	Documentation/licenses/COPYING.BSD-3-Clause \
-	Documentation/licenses/COPYING.BSD-4-Clause-UC \
-	Documentation/licenses/COPYING.GPL-2.0-or-later \
-	Documentation/licenses/COPYING.ISC \
-	Documentation/licenses/COPYING.LGPL-2.1-or-later
-UTIL_LINUX_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-UTIL_LINUX_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
-UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += \
-	--disable-rpath \
-	--disable-makeinstall-chown
-UTIL_LINUX_LIBS = $(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)
-
-# system depends on util-linux so we enable systemd support
-# (which needs systemd to be installed)
-UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += \
-	--without-systemd \
-	--with-systemdsystemunitdir=no
-
-HOST_UTIL_LINUX_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
-
-# We also don't want the host-python dependency
-HOST_UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS = --without-python
-
-# Prevent the installation from attempting to move shared libraries from
-# ${usrlib_execdir} (/usr/lib) to ${libdir} (/lib), since both paths are
-# the same when merged usr is in use.
-ifeq ($(BR2_ROOTFS_MERGED_USR),y)
-UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --libdir=/usr/lib
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES),y)
-UTIL_LINUX_DEPENDENCIES += ncurses
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES_WCHAR),y)
-UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += --with-ncursesw
-UTIL_LINUX_CONF_ENV += NCURSESW6_CONFIG=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/$(NCURSES_CONFIG_SCRIPTS)
-else
-UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += --without-ncursesw --with-ncurses --disable-widechar
-UTIL_LINUX_CONF_ENV += NCURSES6_CONFIG=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/$(NCURSES_CONFIG_SCRIPTS)
-endif
-else
-ifeq ($(BR2_USE_WCHAR),y)
-UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += --enable-widechar
-else
-UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += --disable-widechar
-endif
-UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += --without-ncursesw --without-ncurses
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAP_NG),y)
-UTIL_LINUX_DEPENDENCIES += libcap-ng
-endif
-
-# Unfortunately, the util-linux does LIBS="" at the end of its
-# configure script. So we have to pass the proper LIBS value when
-# calling the configure script to make configure tests pass properly,
-# and then pass it again at build time.
-UTIL_LINUX_CONF_ENV += LIBS="$(UTIL_LINUX_LIBS)"
-UTIL_LINUX_MAKE_OPTS += LIBS="$(UTIL_LINUX_LIBS)"
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSELINUX),y)
-UTIL_LINUX_DEPENDENCIES += libselinux
-UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += --with-selinux
-define UTIL_LINUX_SELINUX_PAMFILES_TWEAK
-	$(foreach f,su su-l,
-		$(SED) 's/^# \(.*pam_selinux.so.*\)$$/\1/' \
-			$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/pam.d/$(f)
-	)
-endef
-else
-UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += --without-selinux
-endif
-
-# Used by cramfs utils
-UTIL_LINUX_DEPENDENCIES += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB),zlib)
-
-# Used by login-utils
-UTIL_LINUX_DEPENDENCIES += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_PAM),linux-pam)
-
-# Disable/Enable utilities
-UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_BINARIES),--enable-all-programs,--disable-all-programs) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_AGETTY),--enable-agetty,--disable-agetty) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_BFS),--enable-bfs,--disable-bfs) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_CAL),--enable-cal,--disable-cal) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_CHFN_CHSH),--enable-chfn-chsh,--disable-chfn-chsh) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_CHMEM),--enable-chmem,--disable-chmem) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_CRAMFS),--enable-cramfs,--disable-cramfs) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_EJECT),--enable-eject,--disable-eject) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_FALLOCATE),--enable-fallocate,--disable-fallocate) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_FDFORMAT),--enable-fdformat,--disable-fdformat) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_FSCK),--enable-fsck,--disable-fsck) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_HWCLOCK),--enable-hwclock,--disable-hwclock) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_IPCRM),--enable-ipcrm,--disable-ipcrm) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_IPCS),--enable-ipcs,--disable-ipcs) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_KILL),--enable-kill,--disable-kill) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LAST),--enable-last,--disable-last) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBBLKID),--enable-libblkid,--disable-libblkid) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBFDISK),--enable-libfdisk,--disable-libfdisk) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBMOUNT),--enable-libmount,--disable-libmount) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBSMARTCOLS),--enable-libsmartcols,--disable-libsmartcols) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID),--enable-libuuid,--disable-libuuid) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LINE),--enable-line,--disable-line) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LOGGER),--enable-logger,--disable-logger) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LOGIN),--enable-login,--disable-login) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LOSETUP),--enable-losetup,--disable-losetup) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LSLOGINS),--enable-lslogins,--disable-lslogins) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LSMEM),--enable-lsmem,--disable-lsmem) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_MESG),--enable-mesg,--disable-mesg) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_MINIX),--enable-minix,--disable-minix) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_MORE),--enable-more,--disable-more) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_MOUNT),--enable-mount,--disable-mount) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_MOUNTPOINT),--enable-mountpoint,--disable-mountpoint) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_NEWGRP),--enable-newgrp,--disable-newgrp) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_NOLOGIN),--enable-nologin,--disable-nologin) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_NSENTER),--enable-nsenter,--disable-nsenter) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PARTX),--enable-partx,--disable-partx) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PG),--enable-pg,--disable-pg) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PIVOT_ROOT),--enable-pivot_root,--disable-pivot_root) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_RAW),--enable-raw,--disable-raw) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_RENAME),--enable-rename,--disable-rename) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_RFKILL),--enable-rfkill,--disable-rfkill) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_RUNUSER),--enable-runuser,--disable-runuser) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_SCHEDUTILS),--enable-schedutils,--disable-schedutils) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_SETPRIV),--enable-setpriv,--disable-setpriv) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_SETTERM),--enable-setterm,--disable-setterm) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_SU),--enable-su,--disable-su) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_SULOGIN),--enable-sulogin,--disable-sulogin) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_SWITCH_ROOT),--enable-switch_root,--disable-switch_root) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_TUNELP),--enable-tunelp,--disable-tunelp) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_UL),--enable-ul,--disable-ul) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_UNSHARE),--enable-unshare,--disable-unshare) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_UTMPDUMP),--enable-utmpdump,--disable-utmpdump) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_UUIDD),--enable-uuidd,--disable-uuidd) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_VIPW),--enable-vipw,--disable-vipw) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_WALL),--enable-wall,--disable-wall) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_WDCTL),--enable-wdctl,--disable-wdctl) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_WRITE),--enable-write,--disable-write) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_ZRAMCTL),--enable-zramctl,--disable-zramctl)
-
-# In the host version of util-linux, we only require libuuid and
-# libmount (plus libblkid as an indirect dependency of libmount).
-# So disable all of the programs, unless BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UTIL_LINUX is set
-
-HOST_UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += \
-	--enable-libblkid \
-	--enable-libmount \
-	--enable-libuuid \
-	--without-ncurses \
-	--without-ncursesw \
-	--without-tinfo
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UTIL_LINUX),y)
-HOST_UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += --disable-makeinstall-chown
-# disable commands that have ncurses dependency, as well as
-# other ones that are useless on the host
-HOST_UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += \
-	--disable-agetty \
-	--disable-chfn-chsh \
-	--disable-chmem \
-	--disable-login \
-	--disable-lslogins \
-	--disable-mesg \
-	--disable-more \
-	--disable-newgrp \
-	--disable-nologin \
-	--disable-nsenter \
-	--disable-pg \
-	--disable-rfkill \
-	--disable-schedutils \
-	--disable-setpriv \
-	--disable-setterm \
-	--disable-su \
-	--disable-sulogin \
-	--disable-tunelp \
-	--disable-ul \
-	--disable-unshare \
-	--disable-uuidd \
-	--disable-vipw \
-	--disable-wall \
-	--disable-wdctl \
-	--disable-write \
-	--disable-zramctl
-# Used by cramfs utils
-HOST_UTIL_LINUX_DEPENDENCIES += host-zlib
-else
-HOST_UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += --disable-all-programs
-endif
-
-# Install libmount Python bindings
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON)$(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3),y)
-UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += --with-python
-UTIL_LINUX_DEPENDENCIES += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON),python,python3)
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBMOUNT),y)
-UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += --enable-pylibmount
-else
-UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += --disable-pylibmount
-endif
-else
-UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += --without-python
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE),y)
-UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += --with-readline
-UTIL_LINUX_LIBS += $(if $(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),-lcurses)
-UTIL_LINUX_DEPENDENCIES += readline
-else
-UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += --without-readline
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_AUDIT),y)
-UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += --with-audit
-UTIL_LINUX_DEPENDENCIES += audit
-else
-UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += --without-audit
-endif
-
-# Install PAM configuration files
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_SU)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_PAM),yy)
-define UTIL_LINUX_INSTALL_PAMFILES
-	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 package/util-linux/su.pam \
-		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/pam.d/su
-	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 package/util-linux/su.pam \
-		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/pam.d/su-l
-	$(UTIL_LINUX_SELINUX_PAMFILES_TWEAK)
-endef
-UTIL_LINUX_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += UTIL_LINUX_INSTALL_PAMFILES
-endif
-
-# Install agetty->getty symlink to avoid breakage when there's no busybox
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_AGETTY),y)
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),)
-define UTIL_LINUX_GETTY_SYMLINK
-	ln -sf agetty $(TARGET_DIR)/sbin/getty
-endef
-endif
-endif
-
-UTIL_LINUX_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += UTIL_LINUX_GETTY_SYMLINK
-
-$(eval $(autotools-package))
-$(eval $(host-autotools-package))
+UTIL_LINUX_EXTRACT_CMDS =
+HOST_UTIL_LINUX_EXTRACT_CMDS =
+
+# util-linux-libs installs on STAGING_DIR only, for build time,
+# util-linux-programs installs on TARGET_DIR only, for run time.
+# We may need both.
+UTIL_LINUX_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBS),util-linux-libs,) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_PROGRAMS),util-linux-programs,)
+
+# In the host version we need either host-util-linux-programs or
+# host-util-linux-libs, only.
+HOST_UTIL_LINUX_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	host-util-linux-$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UTIL_LINUX),programs,libs)
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))
+$(eval $(host-generic-package))
+
+include $(UTIL_LINUX_PKGDIR)util-linux-libs/util-linux-libs.mk
+include $(UTIL_LINUX_PKGDIR)util-linux-programs/util-linux-programs.mk